Remain Aggressive (via 2-Speed)
I don’t read a lot of ‘fundraising blogs’. Most of my blog list includes sifting through entrepreneurs, business builders, innovators and designers…
Brad Feld is a fun funder/tech entrepreneur/cool guy in Colorado to read @ feld.com. He directed me to 2-Speed (Will Herman) and this post: Remain Aggressive. You need to read this post - it’s strong enough to balance out a lot of the other ‘negativity’ out there around ‘this economy’.
Some bullet points:
- Play offense, not defense. Not a time to batten down the hatches - successful companies move fast and innovate (especially in these times).
- “You can’t save yourself to success.”
- Make sure you respond instead of react, you never panic.
- “You have to assume that nothing is coming to you – people, business or new ideas – you have to aggressively go out and hunt down everything that will move your company forward.” — See Tom’s entire message about the economy - Now More than Ever we need to be out, making visits, on the offensive, building and maximizing relationships. See my post last week about HOW to respond.
- “think” (that’s all I need to excerpt of that line)